“One of the country’s leading prosecutors has defended the stiff sentences handed out to hundreds of rioters in London last summer and derided the excuses given by some of them in court.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A stalker who would not stop terrorising his victim was jailed for two years yesterday after a court heard he had sent her an anniversary card celebrating the sixth year of his restraining order.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A dangerous sexual predator from the Czech Republic who murdered his wife before moving to Britain to carry out a string of sex attacks was jailed for life yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A nurse who prompted an international search because of fears he could have malaria has been detained under the Mental Health Act for sexually assaulting a waitress.”
The Guardian, 27th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“CCTV footage shows Robert Evans as he asks Daniel Worgan to stop making lewd comments to a group of girls at Shrewsbury railway station in July last year.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A 43-year-old man has been jailed for 11-and-a-half years for manslaughter after he killed his best friend with a scaffolding pole more than 20 years ago and pushed his body into a drain.”
The Guardian, 26th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who raped women to ‘teach them a lesson’ for being out at night was jailed indefinitely yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One of America’s most high-profile hedge fund managers David Einhorn has been fined £7.2m by the Financial Services Authority for trading on insider information.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A driving instructor has been jailed for eight years after being found guilty of raping a 21-year-old woman in Kent more than 25 years ago.”
BBC News, 26th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Church of England vicar was jailed for two and a half years today after carrying out dozens of sham marriages allowing illegal immigrants to live in the UK.”
The Independent, 26th January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Attorney General v Dallas [2012] WLR (D) 7
“In the context of alleged contempt of court by or affecting a juror or jury in the Crown Court, neither the Attorney General nor the alleged contemnor had any right to seek a trial by jury on indictment. The correct procedure, unless it was appropriate for the Crown Court to deal immediately with the contempt of its own motion (which would itself be an exceptional course of action), was for such cases to be left to the Attorney General to commence proceedings under CPR Sch 1, RSC Ord 52.”
WLR Daily, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A man who led police on a high-speed chase after stealing an ambulance response car to get home after a New Year’s Eve party has been jailed for nine months.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Recreational drug users who naively buy small quantities to share with their friends could avoid jail under sentencing guidelines for drug offences published on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Today, the Sentencing Council is publishing a new guideline for judges and magistrates on the sentencing of drug offences.”
Sentencing Council, 24th January 2012
“A juror who researched a defendant’s past on the internet and shared the information with fellow jurors has been found guilty of contempt of court.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A City lawyer who claimed he was the victim of a kidnap to avoid being arrested for drink-driving has been jailed, Sussex police said.”
The Guardian, 20th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three people jailed for their part in a paedophile ring could have their sentences reviewed because they may have been ‘unduly lenient’.”
BBC News, 18th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An unlicensed cab driver was jailed for five years at the Old Bailey today for raping a passenger nearly 17 years ago.”
The Independent, 17th January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Strasbourg Court has found three British murderers’ imprisonment for life is not inhuman or degrading and therefore not in violation of Article 3.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th January 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Following a three month period of training and implementation the definitive guideline on burglary offences came into effect on 16 January 2012.”
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